Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-05
WASHINGTON,
President Cleveland as Good as
Admits that Lamar viii be Placed
Upon the Supreme Bench.
What Native American Pioneers are
Suffering Ia lows 81 the Hands
OF Foreign Invaders.
No Mere Permits to Buut and FIsh in the
Iudlsn Territory 10 be Issued to
Sportsmen for a while
LAMAR STILL IN FAVOR.


special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Evideuces mu,-
tpIy Of the Presidents intention to pIsce
Secretary Lamar upon the Supreme
bench. A distinguished bureau otlicial,
who saw the President the night proceed
ing the latter's departure, says that in
course Of general conversation reference
YVES made to the appointment of 2 sue
cessor TO Justice Woods.
| 81 would like 20 ssk you, NJ. Presi-
! dent" said his visitor 6luntIv, "if YOU
are going TO give that place to Secretary
Lamsr?"
| The President laughed coed humoredIy
! and said: at seems - be in the air.
The conditions appesr 10 be somewhat
the came as they were before Lamar
came into the Cabinet. There were
number of applicants from the south.
Almost every section had its favorite
son for place in my poIitiCa,
| household. l found, however, that their
| second choice almost invariably vas
! Llmsr, as l have said his appointment
| seemed to De IN the air. II is Just So in
| the present case; dCZan different south
ern men ere being pushed for the vaCaat
! judgeship, and l ind, however, that the
real sentiment of the south is favorable
to Lamar. I don't think it proper for me
to say in advance what l shall do in the
matter, but | certainly cannot Ue inseu-
sible tC the Influence"
ENGLISH LANDLORDS N AMERICA.
I WASHINGTON, Oct Tie General Lsnd
Office is ia receipt OF Information that
| British syndicate, which is said to have
purchased large trcct Of land in Iowa
from the McGregor Eastern Railway
! Company, is meTCiassiy evicting settlers,
the title TO the land being in dispute in
the STA e courts. Sc tier writes: "A
woman over sixty years of cge, sick in
bed, mas been taken by six men and
carried ont into a driving storm
| Deiic1te women have bad their hands
tied with cords Til the dash vas bruised g,
and then dragged shire king from their
homes. Coildren have been born premI-
turely at the sight Ct the evictors. Strong
mer nave been run down By ruhians
on horseback end carried hendCufed
from their little possessions. might 20
on and multiply Instances wnera 8 sheriff
with writ CT ejectment ia one hand and
s British contract il the other give these
poor people the choice between two
evils which they would take Atidayits
-
lected, ssys the writer, for use at Washing
ton next winter, and will be read in both
houses OF Congress. They are expected
TO create sensation when the people Of
the east ere brought fully to realize what
native American pioneers are suffering s.
the hands of new invaders.
NO MORE PERMITS.
Special to the Gazette.
| W.surNcTON- Oct Saoratorv
mar says the order issued by him to-day,
refusing to issue further permits to
spOrtsmen TO visit the Indian Territory
was necessary TO stop the abuse of the
privilege. All during the past summer
the Department was 9oded with spplica-
tions for permits to hunt and fish in the
Territory. The requests come from
every part Of the country, from Maine 10
California. Occasional requests were re
ceived from Great Britain. Recently
some of the head men of the co. 300 or
more Indians who reside in the Territory
applied 70 the Secretary to abolish the
system. They claimed that the hunt
ers want only to slaughter the
game which the Indians themselves ncet
for food, End that at the present rate Of
destruction not q deer Or bear will be left
in the Territory at the end OF the next
decade. More than this, they allege that
the white men debauch their women, sad
in other ways exhibit their vicious ten
denotes, calculated to demOraiiLe and Oe-
grade their young men.
MORRISON AND OBERLT.
Another bit Of political gossip in Cir
culation, is story to the eject that Col
onel William r Morrison of the inter
state commerce commission vii,
shortly tender MS resignation and
that he will be succeeded BY
another Illinois man, 10 less person
than John Obcrly Of the civil service com.
mission. 1t has several times beer
: stated thai the inter-stat COm
r me-ce commissioner is dissatis
! fed with lis present duties, anC
! that he will contest for his old seat i
Congress again year hence. The story
which Gow reaches here from Chicago il
, that the ColoneI's prospects both for (:
Confined on Fourth P0qe.